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immediately fell down again just like a man who has 

 had a stroke and has lost all power over his limbs. It 

 was at once put to bed in a box and nursed most care- 

 fully ; except for being unable to walk, it is apparently 

 quite well." It must have been a kind of apoplectic 

 seizure that attacked the spinal cord in some spot or 

 other, and paralysed one side of the body. The dog- 

 recovered slowly, but never got the complete use of its 

 legs again. It accompanied us, however, on our 

 subsequent sledge expedition. 



The dogs did not seem to like the summer, it was 

 so wet on the ice, and so warm. On June iith I 

 write : " To-day the pools on the ice all round us have 

 increased wonderfully in size, and it is by no means 

 agreeable to go off the ship with shoes that are not 

 water-tight ; it is wetter and wetter for the dogs in the 

 daytime, and they sweat more and more from the heat, 

 though it as yet only rarely rises above zero (C.) A few 

 days ago they were shifted on to the ice, where two long- 

 kennels were set up for them."""" They were made out 

 of boxes, and really consist of only a wall and a roof. 

 Here they spend the greater part of the twenty-four 

 hours, and we are now rid of all uncleanliness on board, 

 except for the four puppies which still remain, and lead 

 a glorious life of it up there between sleep and play. 

 "Ulenka" is still on deck, and is slowly recovering. 



* Up to now they had their kennels on deck. 

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